playback
noun
the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
playbacks
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pluralof playback.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And BTS, unlike Swift’s playbacks of recorded performances, will stream several “Arirang” concerts live, with two shows held in Japan and South Korea being played in theaters worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
That day in Beijing, Knierim and Frazier were told the worst that could happen is their music would be muted in playbacks of their performance broadcast on NBC’s streaming platform, Peacock.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024
When he started following the sport in 2005, the only way of viewing it in Nigeria was by watching playbacks of races on terrestrial TV.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
For the new show, these playbacks are accompanied by visual interpretations that read as half lyric video, half animated wallpaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2020
I listen to the playbacks, when I can do something about it.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
